Karl Franzevich Albrecht (Russian: ???? ????????? ????????; August 27, 1807 – February 24, 1863) was a German-Russian musician and composer.
He was born in Poznan.
Albrecht studied with Joseph Schnabel in Breslau and then worked from 1825 as a violinist in the theater in Breslau and as a conductor in Düsseldorf.
In 1838 he was appointed as conductor of the Opera and the Philharmonic in St.
Petersburg.
Beginning in 1850 he was a singing teacher at the orphanage in Gatchina.
He died in Gatchina in 1863.
His son Konstantin Karlovich Albrecht (1836-1893) was a cellist and composer in Moscow.
From Karl Albrecht's compositions, a Mass, a ballet and three string quartets have survived.
There are other works by him that are listed as missing.